Celebrities Who Won't Back Down

Here are five courageous women who won’t back down when their health was threatened.

Pat Summitt

University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2011. She retired a year later as the winningest coach in Division I in both men and women’s hoops with 1,098 wins. She fights the disease with the same vigor she displayed as a coach.